Pasiphaë
In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Pasiphaë (/pəˈsɪfiiː/; Greek: Πασιφάη, translit. Pasipháē derived from πάσι (archaic dative plural) "for all" and φάος/φῶς phaos/phos "light") was a queen of Crete, and was often referred to as goddess of witchcraft and sorcery. The daughter of Helios and the Oceanid nymph Perse, Pasiphaë is notable as the mother of the Minotaur. She conceived the Minotaur after mating with the Cretan Bull while hidden within a hollow cow that the Athenian inventor Daedalus built for her, after Poseidon cursed her to fall in love with the bull, due to her husband, Minos, failing to sacrifice the bull to Poseidon as he had promised.
| Pasiphaë | |
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Sorceress goddess | |
Pasiphaë sits on a throne, a Roman mosaic from Zeugma Mosaic Museum | |
| Abode | Crete |
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| Parents | Helios and Perse or Crete |
| Siblings | Circe, Aeetes, Aloeus, Perses, Phaethon, the Heliades, the Heliadae and others |
| Consort | Minos, Cretan Bull |
| Children | Acacallis, Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, Xenodice, Catreus and the Minotaur. |
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